India, Jan. 5 -- The Noida authority has decided to set up multiple sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the drains to treat wastewater that empties into Yamuna.

The step aims to ensure that only treated wastewater is dumped into the city drains connected to Yamuna, said officials on Sunday.

The Authority in its 221st board meeting on Saturday approved a proposal to commence work on this ambitious project that will make Noida a "zero discharge city" that dumps zero untreated wastewater into soil or drains, they added.

Currently, Noida has eight STPs, located in sectors 50, 54, 123, and 168, having a capacity to treat 210 million litre per day (mld) wastewater. These STPs, however, trap, treat, and empty treated wastewater into storm water...